Lubricated hydraulic plug-valve.



. 5.1. Nonnsmm. LUBRICATED HYDRAULIC PLUG VALVE. APPLICATION FILED NOVl 2. 1.915.

L l @,3'1 2. y Patentedy Apr. 25, 1916.y

.II A d MWI s 3 y 2l. z: i' le y E 5 I I I X 5 Veuf vga flsralew SVEN JOHAN NORDSTRM, F MEXICQ,(MEXICO.

auna-marien HYDRAULIC PLGJALVE.

Application led November 2, 1915. Serial No.,59,294.

To all whom t may concern:

Y Be it known that I, SVEN JOHA NORD- sTRM, engineer; a subject of the King of` Sweden, residing at Mexico city,l Federal a District, Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricated Hydraulic Plug-Valves, of which the fiollowing is a specification.'y l

My invention refers to a cockA or plug 10 valve particularly adapted for pipe lines containing or conveying corrosive liquids' which in ordinary cocks tend to rust the plug fast to the valve body, making the operation of the plug very difficult.

i The object of the inventionis to construct a cock in which the plug shall always be lubricated and if necessary can be raised, from its conical seat to break any possible rust connection, byy forcing a lubricant un- 2o der `its lower extremity.

`Another object is to provide the afore- Ksaid plug at its lower and smaller end. with a central and adjustable support to prevent the pressure of the packing from causing.

around the shank ofthe plug, the ring being held in place by means of screws (5). Within the valve chamber (6) is mounted a conical plug (7) rovided with diametrical passages (8) an (9) which allow liquid to to pass when plug 1s turned to 'open position. Aforcsald plug is at its upper -large end prolonged into a cylindrical shankto form the packing` seat, and above the packing is of a srplare or other convenient crossl en section (10) or the application of a wrench orlhandle by which tie cock is operated. This prolongation of the plug is perforated and threaded for the' insertion of a screw (11). Said perforation (12) communicates 66 with radial channels (13) which at their outer ends communicate with channels 13l and which in their in the wall of the plu turn communicate wit the space (14) between the bottom of the plug and the at valve chamber. Into said space (14) may be forced a lubricant through the channels' Specification off-Letters Patent. v Paten l il 13) from perforation (12) by turning'the screw (11) into said perforation.

As may be seen in Fig. 2 the movement of `the plug for opening the valve from the closed'p'osit-ion which it hasin Fig. 2 is toward the left, owing-to the stop (21) 1n which case'the ports (8) and (9) will ting theliquid pass.

Thechannels (13) are placed with offset of from the centerline of the ports (8) and (9) and (will, therefore sweep and lubricate the walls of the valve chamber (6) without ever coming in contact with the liquid.

In Fig. l, with the object of better illustrating the constructibn, one of the channels (13) is shown turned -to a position which it will never take in actual practice.

' The bottom of the valve body (l) is provided with a-threaded perforation (15) into be` placed in alinement with the tubing, letwhich is inserted a screw (16) with its locknut (17) to hold it in its adjusted position.l The botto-m (18) `of the plug (7 lhas acentralincision (19) in which rests an anti-friction ball (20) turning freely on the flat end `of screw (16). .The object of this central support is to counteract the pressure of the' packing which tends toA force the plug (7) into valve chamber (6) and would produce great friction due to the conical form of the seat. The operation of the valve is as follows: Supposing the valve to be found stuck, that is, the plug (7 rusted fast to its'seat (6) due to the action of the corrosive liquids, itA can be broken loose and made to turn freely by tightening the screw (11) whose effect is to force Va quantity of lubricant through the channels (13) into the space (14;) increasing the volume of lubricant in said space therebyV lifting the plug from its seat, and admitting a quantity of lubricantI to enter on the conical surface to be spread all over same, by turning the plug.

The central adjustable support is made to operate inthe following way: The screw 16) is loosened, allowing the plug to drop within the valve chamber by its own weight and by the pressure exercised by the packing, establishing by this means an excessive friction between the plug and the chamber surface owing to the conical form of the seat; the screw (16) will then be screw. l

Y in,'lifting the plug atrifle to conveniently reduce the friction, and as soon as this positionv is attained, the locknut (17) will-be tightened so as to permanently secure this position, which will not be changed until,

on account of w'ear the plug may have sunk` too deep into the valve seat. fAn'y other mechanical disposition for obtaining the aforesaid functions of the support, naturally may'replace the support here described ,as

for example, by replacing the anti-friction ball by any other loose member -to accommo 10 d 'ate any possible eccentricity of the supporting screw (16). in relation to th'e plug (.7), or by making` the Vplug (7) without in.

cision (19) and letting it rest ldirectly on the end of screwl (l6). The valve body may have any convenient form and may be provided with flanges, as' has been illustrated, or with threads so that it may be connected to thepipe line. i f Instead of placing the channels (13) in plug (7) they can be made in chamber (6) ofthevalve body l(1)'. The screw (11) can also be placed in valve body (1.) forcing the Y lubricant directly into chamber (14) Ior into `'ed in said lubricant chamber,

the channels (13) and 'equally other modiications may be'made in the construction without departingfrom the `spirit of the invention. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is the following: l 1. In a plug valve, a valve casing having a seat and provided at the lower end of said seat with a lubricant chamber, a plug mountradial channels formed in the larger end chamber, the upper-,end of the plug having a a seat, and provided plug,

l t of' saidplug and extending downward Aexteriorly of the plug 1nto communicationwith said lubricant vertical bore communicating wltth `the radial `channels,fand a screw in sa'd bore acting as a closure and as a lubricant com-` pressor.

2. In a plug'valve, a valve casing -having at the lower end of said seatl with a lubricant chamber, a tapering plug mounted in said: seat with its smaller.v end extending into said chamber, said ploug at its larger end having a perforated shank projecting through the casing and provided in said larger end with 'channels communicating exteriorly .of the tween the bottom of the plug and the base of the lubricant chamber, radial channels at the upper or larger end ofvsaid plug in communication exteriorly of the plug with the lubricant chamber, and lubricant compressing means associated with said channels.

In testimony'whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SVEN JOHAN NoRnsTRM. VVitnesses':v

N. ARCOS, R. RUBmL. 

